When We Were Mexicans

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with researcher, writer and former New Mexico State Historian, Robert J. Torrez, as he takes a close look at the short period when New Mexico was part of the Mexican Republic (1821-1848). Learn what New Mexico's own extensive Mexican-period archives tell us about the critical events that unfolded as the province transitioned from being a part of the Spanish empire to part of the Mexican Republic and eventually an occupied territory of the United States.